Calestous Juma

Summer 2006

Reinventing African Universities

Magazine or Newspaper Article, Falmer, (The University of Sussex Magazine), issue 44

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

June 13, 2006

Merge Academia with Scientific Research

Op-Ed, The Daily Nation, (Kenya)

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

April 6, 2006

"Reinventing African Economies: Technological Innovation and the Sustainability Transition"

Conference Paper

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

Dr. Calestous Juma, the 2006 Pesek Scholar, presented this paper at the John Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture which was held at Iowa State University on April 6–7, 2006. The colloquium was sponsored by the Henry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable Agriculture.

February 9, 2006

'Satan's Drink' and a Sorry History of Global Food Fights

Op-Ed, Financial Times

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

January 11, 2006

"Political Parties as Tools of Democracy"

Op-Ed, The Daily Nation, (Kenya)

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa and Allison DiSenso, Former Research Assistant, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Former Faculty Assistant to Calestous Juma

"Building modern political parties and associated think-tanks is, therefore, the most urgent political agenda facing the continent. Failure to do so will result in the abortion of democracy, political chaos and economic decay."

December 12, 2005

Quake is a Wake-Up Call for East Africans

Op-Ed, The East African

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

December 9, 2005

We Can Do More Than Just Whine over Expatriates

Op-Ed, The Standard, (Kenya)

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

November 26, 2005

Go for Innovators, Not Tribal Chiefs

Op-Ed, The Daily Nation, (Kenya)

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

November 21, 2005

Kenya Needs to Focus on Wildlife Research

Op-Ed, The East African

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

November 2005

Going for Growth: Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa

Report

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

This collection of essays by key experts in the field of international development looks at the role of science, technology and innovation in encouraging a risk-taking, problem solving approach to development cooperation in Africa....